Integrating NppExec with Notepad++ macros
Gitoffthelawn opened this issue · comments
Hi! Thank you for the powerful extension.
Is it possible to call a Notepad++ macro from an NppExec script?
If not, what about the other way around, calling an NppExec script from a Notepad++ macro?
The menu Plugins ->NppExec -> Advanced Options allows to create menu items for selected NppExec's script.
The menu Macro -> Save Current Recorded Macro allows to save a macro as a menu item.
NppExec's command npp_menucommand allows to invoke any menu item - thus, once a desired macro has its associated menu item, it can be called by means of its menu item.
Finally, Settings -> Shortcut Mapper allows to assign shortcut keys to selected menu items, including those menu items that were associated with NppExec's script and/or macro.
I'm knowledgeable in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th steps, but not the 3rd step since I'm new to NppExec. I think that 3rd step is likely the linchpin I need to make it all work together. Thank you for providing it!
BTW, thank you again for NppExec. It's really quite impressive and powerful. One little hiccup I found was that the syntax for creating a label didn't seem well documented (or at all?). After a bunch of experimenting, I finally figured out the syntax to use so that my if ... goto commands would work as expected. Might be good to add some examples somewhere.
Typing
help label
and
help goto
in NppExec's Console gives some examples.
Also there is a file "plugins\doc\NppExec\NppExec_HelpAll.txt" that is a dumped version of help all.
Your instructions worked a treat. Thank you so much for your help!